cover image Heaven Is for Healing: A Soul’s Journey After Suicide

Heaven Is for Healing: A Soul’s Journey After Suicide

Joe Gallenberger. Rainbow Ridge, $16.95 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-937907-51-8

This heartfelt work, a mishmash of memoir, self-help, and channeled knowledge, will appeal to readers coping with the loss of a loved one who wish to explore the unknown of life after death. Psychotherapist Gallenberger wrote a memoir, Brothers Forever, exploring his grief over the suicide of his brother, Pete, and subsequent understanding that death on this plane of existence does not end consciousness on the next. Here Gallenberger shares his further experiences and realizations with others who have suffered the loss of a loved one through suicide. His desire to contact his brother leads Gallenberger to channeler Pam Hogan, who conducts a series of encounters with Pete that reveal truths about the next life as well as Pete’s feelings and thoughts about unresolved earthly events. Gallenberger asserts that channeling can bring comfort to those left behind and provide valuable tools for those dealing with loss. Between musings about channeling and extrapolations about the survival of consciousness after death, Gallenberger also provides a wealth of advice about money, diet, life goals, and the importance of overcoming fear. (Mar.)